Half-Year-Plus Comment Periods on Two Proposals Heard Last Year

SACRAMENTO -- The Cal/OSH Standards Board has announced that the comment periods on two proposed safety order revisions heard at its Dec.18, 2003, public hearing, have been extended to June 17, 2004, when the board meets in Glendale.One of the proposals is the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) revamping of workplace airborne permissible exposure limits (PELs). DOSH originally proposed to revise PELs for 23 substances in General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) 5155, but a flurry of lette